Maids Scarce in Brazil as They Buy Homes Not Clean Them

Caption:A maid watches children go down a slide at the Baixo Bebe beach playground in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. With unemployment in Latin America’s biggest economy at record lows, poor women who for decades formed a pool of cheap domestic labor for the middle and upper classes are pursuing better-paying, higher-skilled jobs. Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A maid watches children go down a slide at the Baixo Bebe beach playground in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. With unemployment in Latin America’s biggest economy at record lows, poor women who for decades formed a pool of cheap domestic labor for the middle and upper classes are pursuing better-paying, higher-skilled jobs. Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A maid watches children go down a slide at the Baixo Bebe beach... News PhotoBaby,Beach,Brazil,Child,Economy,Horizontal,Latin America,Occupation,Playground,Rio de Janeiro,The Americas,USAPhotographer BloombergCollection: Bloomberg 2012 BloombergA maid watches children go down a slide at the Baixo Bebe beach playground in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. With unemployment in Latin America’s biggest economy at record lows, poor women who for decades formed a pool of cheap domestic labor for the middle and upper classes are pursuing better-paying, higher-skilled jobs. Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg via Getty Images